Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Inc.

Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Inc., a small-business-set-aside prime contractor based in Tiverton, Rhode Island, provides life raft inspection, maintenance, repair, certification, and replenishment services to federal maritime agencies. The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) across purchase-order contracts, with eleven distinct federal customer agencies served over the past two decades. All eleven documented awards spanning 2022–2026 carry total small business set-aside designations, indicating a consistent posture of competing within set-aside categories rather than full-and-open.

Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Inc.'s customer base concentrates heavily on maritime and coastal operators. The top five agencies by potential value account for 92% of combined dollars, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (23 awards, $510 thousand combined potential value) and the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard (73 awards, $308 thousand combined potential value). The two rankings diverge notably: the Coast Guard places far more individual awards but at lower average unit values, while NOAA's smaller award count reflects larger contract ceilings. Supporting customers include the Maritime Administration (7 awards, $132 thousand), the Navy's Military Sealift Command (2 awards, $81 thousand), and the Navy's Bureau of Naval Personnel (3 awards, $30 thousand).

Capability work centers on marine safety equipment services grounded in federal maritime regulations. Recent representative contracts include a $93,503.81 firm-fixed-price order from NOAA for comprehensive annual inspection of twelve life rafts in compliance with 46 CFR-160.051-6(e) for the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, running through December 2030 with four option years; a $46,955.00 contract from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center for inspection, repair, and repacking of life rafts used in at-sea monitoring programs, extending through September 2030; and a $5,500.00 order from the Department of the Navy for inspection and certification of three life rafts at Naval Submarine Base New London. The vendor holds manufacturer certifications as an authorized maintenance provider for Survitec and Zodiac life raft systems and brings certifications for various life raft types. One documented parent vehicle positions the company on a Coast Guard IDC with seven task orders carrying $13 thousand in combined potential value.

Activity has been sporadic, averaging fewer than two awards per year over the past five years (2022–2026: two, two, four, two, one awards respectively), with combined potential value across all 131 prime awards totaling $1.2 million and $1 million obligated (88% realization rate). The vendor carries no subcontract footprint; all work is performed as prime. Work is performed at the contractor's facility in Tiverton with life rafts transported from customer locations including GLERL's Lake Michigan Field Station in Muskegon, Michigan, Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, and Massachusetts wildlife refuges. The company has been registered in SAM.gov since 2005.

We provide sales and service of all marine safety equipment